Electric Medic owner faces more charges The owner of a Martinez electronics repair store was arrested a fourth time Tuesday on more theft charges.

Perry Clark Bower, 54, of Martinez, is owner of Electric Medic in La Petite Plaza in Martinez. He was charged Tuesday with one felony count of theft by deception, according to Columbia County sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris. He was released after posting an $8,500 bond.

The owner of a Martinez electronics repair store was arrested late Wednesday, his third arrested in two weeks.

Perry Clark Bower, 54, of Martinez, is the owner of Electric Medic in La Petite Plaza in Martinez. He was charged late Wednesday with hit-and-run, making an improper U-turn and driving a vehicle with an expired tag.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Residents report scam

Two Grovetown residents called authorities Saturday to report that someone was trying to get them out of their homes, possibly to burglarize them.

A 70-year-old man said that a man spoke to him about clear-cutting trees on his property about 5:30 p.m. He said the man asked him to show him the property line so it could be marked. The man took the stranger to the back of his property on Wrightsboro Road.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Computer is hacked

A Martinez woman recently told deputies that a teen hacked her computer and stole her personal information.

The 32-year-old woman said an Appling 14-year-old called her 13-year-old son just after 11 p.m. on Jan. 12 and yelled profanities at him. The woman said she took the phone and asked the teen caller what the problem was.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Color of card tips off teller to forgery

The color of a check card gave away an Augusta woman trying to cash a forged check on Monday, police officers report.

A teller at First Bank of Georgia in Martinez said a woman tried to cash a $1,000 check at the bank on Furys Ferry Road. The woman, later identified as Daniella Lauren Caramb, 27, presented a North Carolina driver’s license and a check card.